Heating device.



F. M. VOGEL.

HEATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED PBBJZ. 1912! 1,120,987. Patented Dec. l5, 1914.

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f kmw WITNESSES INVENTR @ZZ @iE-L FREDERICK Iii. VOGEL, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS ASSETS-N01-J TO GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, A CORPORATION 0F NEVI YORK.

HEATING DEVICE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. i, 1914.,

Application filed February 12, 1912. Serial No. 6*??,075-

To au whom it may concern I lle it known that I, FREDERICK M. VOGEL, a citizenot' the United States, residing at Pittsiiehl., county ot' Berkshire, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heating Devices, oi which the 'following is a. specification.

My which are required to furnish heat intermittently for operations such as cooking. in such devices, it is desirable that provision be made tor bringing the source of ieat into good thermal conductive relation with the bod v to be heatd and for removing it from such relation when desired.

My invention provides means for accomplishina this.

More l ci'lically, my invention relater to heating devices 'forming part oi" heat age ranges of the character disc. 's' Patent No. 1,025,8i3, May Y, William Stanley. in such. ranges heat 'is stored in a mass of material having high 'i specilic heat per unit of volume and good thern'ial conductivity and means are provided for conducting or interrupting the How ot' heat therefrom to the bod)Y to be heated by decreasing or increasing respectively thel resistance of thetherinai path. According to my invention, provisionV is made whereby the resistance ot' the thermal path may be varied atv will by the rotation of the heat storage mass into or out ot' good thermal conductive relation with the body to be heated.

Viewed from another standpoint my 1nvention includes the provision oie a bodv of` good heat conducting material adapted to support bodies to be heated and adjacent to the said bod)7 a storage mass, the said-parts being so -constructed and arranged that one of the same may be moved into contact with the other and the area ot contact between them maw be varied according to the heat flow desircifl.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a portion ot a range showing an oven and he" ng device when the former not in use; 1g. 2 is a trans- Verse section ot the same; and Fig. 3 is a detailed section showing the position of the heating device when the oven 1s 1n use.

invention relates to heating devices lhandle 12 by inc The range shown in the drawing coinprises the oven 1, the heating device L). and the heat conducting block or plate 3. rl`he range comprises also a sheet metal casing #i and heat insulation 5, which may be lampblack, packed between the casing l and the parts inclosed by the same.

The heating` device 2 comprises the heat storage mass t3 in which is inserted the heating unit 7. The heat storage inass G is coniposed of metal such as iron having high specific heat per unit of volume and good heat conductivity. The heating device 2 is supported by means ol the spindles S and f) which are lonrnaled in the bearingsl 10v mounted on the casing l. The int-,tal casings 1l surround the spindles an'l t). The spindle S is provided at its outer end with a ans ot' which the heating device ma).Y be r t fl. The spindle 9 is tubuiar and serves as a conduit for the conductors 13 leading to the heating unit T.

The inner end of the spindle 9 is provided with a iange 1J: through which it is secured to the storage mass (3 by means ot screws 15. The storage mass (3 is unsymmetrically or eccentricall)T disposed with reference to the spindles 8 and 9 which are line with its axis of rotation, being composed ot' two parts 16 and 17 of different radii as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. A cylinder having the larger of these radii is completed b v means of the shell 1S between which and the portion 16 of the storage mass is interposed insulating material 19 which may be the same as insulation The heating device is surrounded by the casing 20. This casing as well as casings 11. shafts S and 9, shell 1S, and the throat of the oven l may becomposed-of metal' of high specific heat resistance such as calorite described in Patent No. 901,428 to Dempster to prevent loss of heat. However, the use ot' such metal forms no vention.

The block or plate f3 which may be located in the bottom of the oven 1 is composed o metal similar to that ofthe storagemass 6. The upper part ot this block or plate coincides with the bottom of the oven. The lower surface, however, is soconcaved as to conform to the surface of the storage mass powdered silica or infusorial earth part of my inroc 6 when the latter is rotated into the position shown in Fig. 3. The block or plate 3 may be mounted loosely so as to allow for expansion. lt is obvious that this block or plate may be omitted, its purpose being merely to complete a thermal path of good conductivity to the oven at the same time to preserve a flat bottom therein. I

By means 'of the electrical unit 7, heat may be stored in the mass 6. l/Vhen the oven is not in use the parts occupy the positions shown in Figs. l and 2. When it is desired to cook in the oven l the handle l2 is rotated to bring the parts into the relation shown in Fig. 3. ln this position the resistance or" the thermal path is low 0W- ing to the good conductivity of the parts 3 Aand 6 and heat is rapidly transmitted to the oven. lWhen the cooking operation is completed a further rotation of the handle l2 brings the parts into the positions shown in Figs. l and 2, thus interposing the insulation 19 in the thermal path and conserving the heat in the storage mass.

lt is obvious that although l have shown my device in connection with an oven it may be used in connection with any receptacle or holder for bodies to be heated, or may be used without such receptacle or holder. lt is .obvious also that various changes may be made in the insulation for'the storage mass and the location of the heating unit therein. Various other modifications may be made in the shapes and proportions of the various parts oi' the device without departing from the spirit ot my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the rl-nnexed claims.

lllhat l claim as new and desire to secure Letters Patent of the United States, is:-

l. il.' heating devicecomprising a rotatahly mounted storage mass normally surrounded by heat insulation, electrical heating means for said mass, and means Whereby the mass may be rotated so as to bring the same into heat conducting relation With an external body to be heated.

2. A heating device comprising a body of material having high heat conductivity for supporting articles to be heated, a heat storage inass having high heat conductivity mounted adjacent to the said body, the said parts being so mounted as to allow relative movement thereof to bring the saine into contact, and means for varying the area of Contact between the said parts.

3. A heating device comprising a body of heat insulation having an opening therein, a rotatably mounted storage mass located in said opening, heat insulation partially covering said mass and rotatable therewith, and means for rotating the mass so as to either bring the same into heat conducting relation to an external body to insane? be heated or completely inclose it in the heat insulation.

4. A. heater comprising a rotatably mounted body consisting of an electrically heated storage mass of good heat conductivity an heat insulation covering a portion of the surface thereof, heat insulating means substantially surrounding the aforesaid rotatably mounted body and having an opening therein leading to the said body, and means for rotating the said body to bring the surface of the insulation or of the storage mass as desired into registry With the aforesaid opening.

A heating device comprising a rotatably mounted electrically heated storage mass of good heat conductivity having portions located a-t different distances from the axis of rotation, heat insulating means substantially surrounding the same and having an opening therethrough leading to the storage mass, and means for rotating the latter so as to expose 4any portion desired through the opening in the heat insulation.

6. A. heater comprising a support for bodies to be heated, and a normally insulated heat storage mass rotatably mounted adjacent to the saidsupport and adapted to be brought by rotation into or out of good heat conductive relation thereto.

7. A heating device comprising a fixed support for articles to be heated having high heat conductivity, a heat storage mass having high heat conductivity, and means whereby the thermal relation' between the heat storage mass and the support may be varied to vary the amount of heat conducted from the storage mass to the support in accordance with the requirements of the article tobe heated.

8. A heating device comprising a xed support for articles to be heated having high heat conductivity, a heat storage mass having high heat conductivity, and means for varying the area of contact between the said parts whereby the amount of heat conducted froin the heat storage mass through the support to the articles to be heated may be regulated in accordance with the requirements of the article to be heated.

9. A heating device comprising a fixed support for articles to be heated having high heat conductivity, a heat storage mass having high heat conductivity, and means for varying the conductivity of the path between the storage mass and the fixed support whereby the amount of heat-conducted from the storage mass to the articles to be heated may be regulated.

l0. A heating device comprising a. support for articles to be heated having high heat conductivity, a heat storage mass having high heat conductivity and means for varying the thermal relation between the storage mass and the support in accordpath between the storage mass and the fixed ance with the requirements of the article support.V l@ to be heated. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set l1. A heating device comprising a iXed my hand this 8th day of Feb., 1912. 5 support for articles to be heated having I FREDERICK M. VOGEL.

high heat conductivity. a heat storage mass Witnesses: having high heat conductivity, and means ANNIE R. NUGENT, for varying the area of the heat conducting CHARLES S. Mmes Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner affamata Washingtomnc. 

